Import Projects from the Previous Version of SAP Web IDE

Context

Pay attention to the following features that are handled differently in SAP Web IDE
Full-Stack:

Project Metadata: Each project in SAP Web IDE Full-Stack contains a
special system/metadata folder called .che that is
hidden by default.

When you import or Git-clone a project to the Full-Stack Development version of SAP Web IDE,
a new metadata folder named .che is generated
automatically from the project.json file, and all your
project settings are moved to the new Full-Stack Development version.

Caution

Do not change the contents of the .che folder.

Note

The old .project.json metadata file appears in the
project sources but is no longer in use.

Application Build: If you used the SAPUI5 client-side build in the standard SAP Web IDE to minify and bundle files before
deployment, in the Full-Stack Development version of SAP Web IDE, you must use the UI5 build or the Grunt build. For more
information, see Application Build and Building Applications.

Note We recommend all developers working on the same project use the
same SAP Web IDE version. If you choose different cloud versions or use the personal
edition together with the full-stack development version, you can migrate the project
between SAP Web IDE versions as described in Import Projects from the Previous Version of SAP Web IDE. However, all changes to the project
settings must be copied manually.

Procedure

In the previous version of SAP Web IDE or SAP Web IDE, personal edition, for
each project you want to import, do one of the following:

If your project is managed in Git, commit and push
your changes.

If your project is not managed in Git, export your
project to a local folder.

Open SAP Web IDE Full-Stack.

Do one of the following:

If your project is managed in Git, clone your
project.

If your project is not managed in Git, in SAP Web IDE Full-Stack,
import the project you exported in step 1.

Next Steps

For each project you want to import, repeat this procedure.

Note

You can use a similar procedure if you want to export your project back to older
versions of SAP Web IDE. However, if you (or your colleagues in cases where Git
is used) change the project settings using a different version, you will have to
manually update them.